Volunteer with Nature Foundation

Whether it’s meeting like-minded people, gaining new skills, or offering your specialist skills for a great cause, volunteering for nature can be a fantastic experience.

Nature Foundation is seeking passionate and skilled people to join our volunteer program and help support our important work. 

Nature Foundation’s Volunteer Program offers four areas of voluntary service:

1. Conservation – science and conservation land management activities on regional reserves
2. Reserve Support – visitor support and conservation land management activities on remote reserves
3. Infrastructure – assisting with specific projects that maintain or improve existing or create new infrastructure on our reserves to support our conservation work
4. Projects – office-based science or business activities to support our conservation work

Nature Foundation has committed to managing its volunteers through ‘best practice’ in accordance with The Standards of Volunteer Involvement by Volunteering Australia and use the MyImpact system to register and coordinate our volunteers, as well as to share upcoming volunteering opportunities.

Nature Foundation volunteers are provided with a uniform, are covered by personal accident insurance when volunteering, are entitled to approved travel reimbursements, and receive regular volunteer program updates and invites to volunteer acknowledgment events. Volunteers undergo training whenever required to support successful and safe participation in programmed activities and are supported on-site by Nature Foundation staff.

If you think volunteering with Nature Foundation is for you, express your interest now and be ready to go in 2025.

Express your Interest here

The above link will take you to Nature Foundation’s MyImpact web page. Click the “Fill in an application” button to express your interest. You will need to create a MyImpact account with your email address, or you can log in with an existing MyImpact account.

Please note: Volunteering registrations of interest received between 20 December 2024 and 8 January 2025 will be responded to from Thursday 9 January 2025.

Please note: We may consider overseas enquires if the person already has a valid Australian Visa. We do not facilitate Australian Visas - please contact https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/home for all Visa information.

Step-by-step: How to become a Nature Foundation Volunteer

1. Click the “Express your interest here” link above.
2. In the top right-hand corner of the new page that opens, click the “Fill in an application” button. You will need to either create a new MyImpact account or log into your existing MyImpact account. Please note: an email address is required.
3. Once logged in, you will be asked to provide your contact details, why you want to volunteer with Nature Foundation and other information about yourself. This process will take about 10 minutes. You will be sent a confirmation email when you have successfully submitted your Expression of Interest. Please check your spam or junk folders if you cannot locate it in your inbox.
4. Within two business days of submitting your Expression of Interest form, you will be emailed instructions on booking a Matching Meeting. This is a 15-minute telephone conversation with our Volunteer and Visitor Engagement Coordinator to see if you match our needs and we match yours.
5. Book your meeting following the steps in the email, and you will be called at the date and time of your Matching Meeting. This call takes about 15 minutes.
6. If you are a match, you will be sent an email following the call to complete some more information in your MyImpact profile. This additional information should take around 10 minutes to complete. If you already have a Working With Children Check (WWCC from the Department of Human Services), or National Police Check (NPC) you can scan or take a photo of these on your phone to send in. If you don’t already have a WWCC or NPC, you will be sent information to help you complete these applications and process them for free as part of your application. Once submitted, the relevant organisations can take 2-4 weeks to process.
7. While you wait for your compliance activities to be completed, you can complete the Nature Foundation Induction and Code of Conduct. This e-learning is found in your MyImpact Profile. Once completed, your profile will be automatically updated with this essential qualification. The e-learning takes around 30-40 minutes to read and sign off/submit at the end.
8. Once all these activities are completed, your status in MyImpact is changed to ‘Active’ and you will be able to see all available volunteer assignment opportunities. Please note: opportunities for 2025 will be published in late January/early February.

If you have any questions before or during this process, please contact our Visitor and Volunteer Engagement Coordinator, Carolyn Pickering, via head office.